The Business Times, 3 February 1993

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    15 1 SINGAPORE Business Times H E KNOW I.W MITA (P) 552/12/92 Wednesday, February 3, 1993 mi
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  • 2am LATEST
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      Lock icon EC to tighten banking supervision
      73 1 Reuter BRUSSELS The European Commission is to tighten the powers of banking supervisors and to require more responsibility from bank auditors to try to avoid another BCCltype scandal. A Commission source said the EC will make specific proposals during March, based on recommendations presented by
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      Lock icon Fall in Japan's capital investment expected
      59 1 AFP TOKYO Japanese companies expect capital investment to fall 4.1 per cent in the year to March, sharper than the previous projection of 3.2 per cent. The Economic Planning Agency says its latest survey of companies has found that manufacturers planned to slash spending
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    116 1 Stock market indices Tuesday Change STII 1.645 68 +1.24 KLSE Composite 628.38 f3.89 Nikkei r 17,186.31 +52.67 Hang Seng 5.662.53 -35.25 SET Index 969.80 +4.05 Jakarta Composite .280.89 +0 74 CLSA China B 1.306.86 f 19.73 Aust All Ord 1.530.2 +11 FTSE 100 2.834.4 -17.2 Taesday Previous I
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    Lock icon Record $3.5b investments show strong S'pore economy
    639 1  -  By Helen Chang, Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE Further news came yesterday of the Singapore economy's strong yearend resurgence. Investment commitments in the manufacturing industry hit an all-time high of $3.48 billion last year, despite the economic slowdown in the US, Europe and Japan. Announcing
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    Analysts and manufacturers are upbeat
    654 1  -  By Anna Teo, Chuang Peck Ming SINGAPORE Economists and analysts arc now more upbeat about the year's growth outlook. They expect the economy to expand by between 6 and 8 per ccnt this quarter, boosted by a strong pickup in manufacturing. The export surge in
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    Patten in hospital for surgery
    378 1  -  From Rom Steve Vines CHRIS PATTEN, the Governor of Hongkong, will undergo heart surgery just days before the long-awaited presentation of his democratic reform proposals to the legislature. Mr Patten will be admitted to hospital today for an operation to correct the narrowing of two
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    Lock icon China hits back with Guangzhou airport plan
    155 1 AP HONGKONG In an apparent challenge to Hongkong's planned multi-billion-dollar airport project, Chinese officials confirmed yesterday that they will build another international airport in the southern city of Guang/hou. The official China News Service quoted Li Ziliu. Guangzhou's mayor, as saying the new
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    SES approves 3 new listings and considers 4 more
    611 1  -  By Conrad Raj SINGAPORE With only the first month of 1993 behind it, the Stock Exchange of Singapore has received more than half a dozen applications from companies wanting a public listing. Reliable sources say three have already been approved two
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    Lock icon Sterling takes another fall as dollar firms
    93 1 Reuter LONDON The 1.9 per cent leap in the US leading indicators breathed life into the sleepy dollar yesterday and sent the beleaguered British pound spinning downwards again on European money markets. The dollar breached 1.64 marks, up from Monday's closing of 1.6330
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    Lock icon Woman chairman makes KL corporate history
    126 1 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Shahrizat Abdul Jalil, a former magistrate and assistant Treasury solicitor, has created Malaysian corporate history with her appointment as the first woman chairman to head a Malaysian public-listed group of companies. Ms Sharizat, a PNB nominee, has been named chairman of
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      180 1 THE NEW SIGNS OF THE TIMES ■I u BK >, l Mr g 743-8000 CONTENTS I News Companies S pore News 2 S pore* sia ...9.10.11 Regional News 3.4.5 Financial 12.13 World News 6.7 Features Markets Analysis 2b Oob/iast. SES 17.18 Edrtoral 24 Regional .15.16 Sports 19 World ...15.16 TV/Litetyte
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      9 1 Regional Analysis Old soldiers don 7 die Pg 22
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      14 1 Hock lj>ck Siew A Hi's I id brewery: Much cause for cheer Ph 9
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • eye on the ECONOMY
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        Lock icon More byte in non-oil exports
        255 2  -  By Schutz Lee DOMESTIC EXTORTS of computers and computer peripherals jumped by a whopping 79 per cent in value terms to 51.5 billion in December. The surge in this category of Singapore-made exports fuelled December's exceptional growth in non-oil domestic exports, which were up 38
        Source: Department of Statistics  -  255 words
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      Approved Int'l Trader status awarded to first Indian firm
      345 2  -  By Moiz Tyebally ITC GLOBAL Holdings has become the first Indian company in Singapore to be granted Approved International Trader status. The company is a whollyowned subsidiary of the ITC Group, India's largest industrial conglomerate. The group, which registered turnover of
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      Lock icon Redas calls for careful release of land for sale
      184 2 THE PRESIDENT of the Real Estate Developers' Association of Singapore, Edmund Cheng, yesterday urged the government to be "sensitive" to market trends in releasing land for sale. Speaking at a Redas Chinese New Year tea reception, Mr Cheng said Singapore must
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      Electronic data service for oil traders soon
      314 2 THE Trade Development Board will launch a weekly electronic data service for the oil-trading industry by the first quarter of this year, according to a report in the latest issue of Singapore Business. A TDB spokesman said the aim of the serv ice
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      S'pore software house ties up with HP, Matsushita
      401 2 A SMALL, local software company has tied up with computer and electronics giants Hew-lett-Packard and Matsushita to sell its programs worldwide. Eutech Cybernetics' latest software will be sold as a package with Hewlett-Packard's computer workstations and monitoring devices made by Matsushita Electric
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      CAAS expects to earn $27m more from raised airport tax
      406 2  -  By Dexter Lee THE Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore expects to reap at least $27 million more a year under its single airport-tax rate, which takes effect on April 1. From that date the start of the CAAS financial year
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      Telecom spends $57m to upgrade domestic network
      152 2 SINGAPORE Telecom announced yesterday it has awarded contracts worth $57 million to upgrade the domestic telecommunications network. The contracts call for the delivery of the latest high-speed transmission equipment by five major suppliers. The bulk of the equipment will be supplied by Communications
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      17 2 Jt^ REDAS Can Singapore lawyers make it BIG in the region? Find out in LAW PAGE tomorrow
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  • THE REGION
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      Tarrim says rural development is top on his list
      437 3  -  BT interview with the Thai Finance Minister Improving distribution of income also high on agenda From Andrew Cooke in BANGKOK THAI Finance Minister Tarrin Nimmanhacminda has listed rural development and narrowing the savings-investment gap as his top economic priorities. He also
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      Lock icon Seoul and Hanoi sign economic pact
      197 3 AFP SEOUL The foreign ministers of Vietnam and South Korea signed an agreement on economic and technical cooperation yesterday, Seoul officials said. Vietnamese Foreign Minister Nguyen Manh Cam, who arrived on Monday to return South Korean Foreign Minister Lee Sang Ock's December visit to
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      Indon savings plan for civil servants to help them buy homes
      419 3 JAKARTA The Indonesian government hopes to raise 240 billion rupiah (about SSI 92 million) this year from a compulsory savings scheme for its 3.95 million civil servants with most of the funds to be used for home purchases. The
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      Lock icon Give Chinese chance to assimilate: Indon minister
      151 3 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesian Home Minister Rndini has called for the tiny Chinese minority to be given a chance to ncquire the customs and traditions of the country's majority, the Jakarta Ptnt said yesterday. The Chinese, barely 3 per cent of Indonesia's population of
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    • ASIA NOTES
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        Lock icon Guangdong raises record revenues
        73 3 AFP China's southern province of Guangdong lOQ7 3 221.36 billion yuan (Ss63 billion) in revenues in 'UP Per cent on the year, press reports here said yesterday. Finance department director Zeng Bingsheng told the ongo- g f th Cuangdong People's Congress in Guangzhou provincial coffers had
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        Lock icon Dolphins slaughtered for oil
        48 3 Reuter 7 r pr a u imed hea,m ki,l «ng a large number of Spec C do, P hin fami| y- yesterday to extract oil idh the say offers instant relief for rheumatic pain. Killing dolphins is an offence under Bangladesh's wildlife laws. Reuter
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        Lock icon Philippine debt hits new high
        61 3 AFP MANILA The Philippines' domestic debt soared to a record 514 billion pesos (5533.4 billion) at the end of last year, a 55 per cent annual increase, the Central Bank said yesterday. The issuance of 182.4 billion pesos in government debt instruments to cover deficit
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        Lock icon Small rise in Japanese confidence
        74 3 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO The business confidence index for Japanese companies for the first quarter was at minus 22, up from minus 27 in the previous quarter, the Economic Planning Agency said yesterday. It was the ninth consecutive quarter that the business confidence index was
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      Lock icon Piracy still a threat in region: maritime body
      275 3 AFP KUALA LUMPUR The International Maritime Bureau (1MB) yesterday said that piracy in the seas of South-east Asia was still a threat although tighter enforcement sharply reduced attacks on vessels last year. "Although under control, it is still a threat," said Mazlan
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      Lock icon Chinese-Filipinos in despair over kidnappings, says community leader
      320 3 AP MANILA A ChineseFilipino leader said in an interview broadcast yesterday that the community is "in despair" because of the government's failure to curb ransom kidnappings. Since last year, scores of Filipinos of Chinese origin have been kidnapped by criminal gangs believed
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      Lock icon Philippine court stops construction of Hopewell's power plant
      139 3 AFP LUCENA CITY, Philippines A Philippine court has stopped the construction of an US$BOO million (551.32 billion) power plant by Hongkong energy firm Hopewell following a petition from residents, officials said yesterday. A lower court in Quezon City, a Manila suburb, told
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      Lock icon Bernama to go private within 3 years
      318 3 MBT KUALA LUMPUR The government will corporatisc the Malaysian national news agency Bernama by the end of the year and privatise it within the next three years to enable it to become a commercial entity. Deputy Prime Minister Ghafar Baba said yesterday that
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      Lock icon HK's budget likely to be cautious: analysts
      391 4 Reuter HONGKONG The territory's government, its coffers bulging with an embarrassingly large budget surplus, is expected only to fine-tune the tax regime and avoid major changes in next month's budget, economic analysts said yesterday. But some have said it should create a special
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      Lock icon US pay take trade action against Taiwan: minister
      236 4 Reuter TAIPEI Taiwan's Economics Minister, Vincent Siew, has warned that the US may impose trade sanctions on the island for failing to stamp out piracy of foreign copyrights and patents. Newspapers yesterday quoted him as sayings Washington was dissatisfied with Taipei's efforts
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      Lock icon Taipei seeks outside help for privatisation
      119 4 Bloomberg Business News TAIPEI Taiwan authorities are on the prowl for a hired gun to help them jumpstart their stalled privatisation drive. Yesterday, a notice from the Economics Ministry's Commission on National Corporations appeared in newspapers inviting local and foreign financial companies to develop
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      Lock icon Hongkong land auction seen as litmus test for stock market
      273 4 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG Investors in the colony's stock market will be watching the outcome of a government land auction today as a test of business confidence in the territory. The site that analysts believe will attract the most attention
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      Clinton unlikely to change Asia policy, say panellists
      407 4  -  By SN Vasuki SINGAPORE Asian fears of a major change in United States policy towards the region arc misplaced, a panel of senior journalists from the Dow Jones publishing group said yesterday. They said, however, that because the Clinton administration would have
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      Dow Jones plans expansion in region
      266 4  -  By Amy Balan SINGAPORE The Asian Wall Street Journal is to launch a weekly Hongkong edition in March, to be distributed in the territory. "Going local" is part of a wider plan by the Journal's owner, the Dow Jones group, to step up its
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      Lock icon South Korea's jobless rate expected to rise as economy slows
      259 4 Reuter SEOUL South Korea's jobless rate is expected to rise this year as the economy slows. The Labour Ministry yesterday quoted a report by the state-funded Korea Labour Institute (KLI) that forecast the official unemployment rate would rise to 2.6
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      Lock icon Aussie trade gap narrows but no interest rate cut seen
      473 5 Reuter MELBOURNE Australia's government and financial markets were heartened yesterday by an improvement in the December current account deficit but economists believe there is little scope for interest rates to be cut again. They said the fall in the deficit
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      Lock icon Japanese parties break parliamentary deadlock
      279 5 AFP TOKYO Japan's ruling and opposition parties, under heavy pressure to pass the budget, compromised over the Sagawa money-and-mobster scandal yesterday to resume parliamentary business. Officials said opposition parties have been blocking parliamentary work, demanding testimonies by six key figures in the scandal that uncovered
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      Lock icon Optimism over NZ growth despite latest data
      314 5 Reuter WELLINGTON Economists expect the positive trend in New Zealand's real gross domestic product (GDP) growth to continue in spite of a 0.8 per cent fall in the September quarter, which followed three oonsecutive quarterly gains. "It was disappointing but not really cause
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      Lock icon Maori business successes herald change in NZ
      309 5 AFP WELLINGTON Too many New Zealanders still think native Maoris are likely to be criminals or welfare cheats, but financiers and business are waking up to Maori economic power and potential. Only last week, Police Minister John Banks, underscoring the plight of New
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      A call for unity
      17 5 the people to be 'United and yon will win over enemies" g urges
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      Lock icon Action needed to spur Tokyo economy: EPA
      141 5 Reuter TOKYO Japan must take some monetary policy action considering the current Tokyo stock market crisis and overall economic climate. Economic Planning Agency (EPA) Minister Hajime Funada said yesterday that Japan's interest rates had been falling, but low rates were not widespread enough.
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      11 3 Regional Analysis: Thai govt making progress on several fronts, Pg 23
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  • THE WORLD
    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon Clinton enlarges Cabinet
        72 6 Reuter r k President Bill Clinton has expanded the size ot his Cabinet to 21 portfolios, a5O per cent increase. The White House confirmed that Vice-President AI Gore, Chief of Staff l homas McLarty, Trade Representative Mickey Kantor, Budget director Leon Panetta, UN Ambassador Madeleine Albright. Environmental
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        Lock icon Israel moving in right direction: Egypt
        53 6 AFP CAIRO Israel has taken a step in the right direction by agreeing to allow back 100 Palestinian deportees. Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Mussa said yesterday. The Israeli move was a start towards respecting the Fourth Geneva Convention, which outlaws expulsions from occupied territories,
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        Lock icon Baby, it's too cold to dawdle
        46 6 Reuter TORONTO A bundled-up bicycle courier faces freezing temperatures while hurrying along a delivery truck with an advertising billboard attached to its side. Toronto saw its coldest day of the year on Monday when temperatures hit -40 deg C. Reuter
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        Lock icon French PM warns opposition
        70 6 Reuter PARIS Prime Minister Pierre Beregovoy said President Francois Mitterrand "would not stay inert" if France's centre-right opposition tried to undo social welfare programmes after their probable victory in the March general election. His comment about Mr Mitterrand fighting back seemed at odds with a statement
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      Lock icon Yeltsin urges national resolve in face of woes
      413 6 NYT MOSCOW The Russian government, faced with troubling new signs of very high inflation, sharply increased the prices for natural gas and telephone calls on Monday as President Boris Yeltsin called for national resolve in the face of deprivation and difficulty. Speaking
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      Lock icon UK house prices still weak despite slight improvement
      251 6 Bloomberg Business News HALIFAX, England British house prices remained weak in January, falling a seasonallyadjusted 0.4 per cent from December and 7.7 per cent from a year earlier, according to the Halifax Building Society, Britain's largest mortgage lender. The report represented a
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      Lock icon US may be forced to limit imports, says top economist
      532 6 Action necessary if other countries do not help world economy recover Reuter DAVOS, Switzerland US President Bill Clinton may be forced to take steps to limit imports if other countries do not help generate world economic recovery, a top US
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      Lock icon Hounded by security measures
      65 6 Reuter P* V S Switzerland Security is so strict at the World Economic Forum being held here that even a watchdog has to wear an identity badge. Valentina von Madulain an SET"? A '*edale terrier, has an identity badge complete with photo dangling from her collar
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      Lock icon Clinton economic adviser in favour of pro-investment tax policy
      500 6 Bloomberg Business News WASHINGTON The US government should permanently extend the research and development tax credit and change its tax code in other ways that encourage investment over consumption, Laura D'Andrea Tyson said on Monday. "We must move from policies that
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      Lock icon Germany, Russia pledge peace on Stalingrad anniversary
      246 6 AFP BONN German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and Russian President Boris Yeltsin vowed yesterday, the 50th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Stalingrad, that the peoples of Germany and Russia would never again go to war against each other. "Today we want
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      Lock icon EC-US ties strained by latest American trade moves
      520 6 AP BRUSSELS The European Community is fuming over threats by the Clinton administration to ban sales of some of its utility products and impose stiff duties on its steel. Some officials see the tough American attitude as an ominous sign of what
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      Lock icon EC opens enlargement talks, holds televised debate
      454 6 Reuter BRUSSELS European Community foreign ministers on Monday opened membership talks with three of the countries queueing to join, after giving the world a rare televised glimpse of how the EC conducts its business. The foreign ministers formally began negotiations with Finland, Austria
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      Lock icon Foreign companies in US bracing for tougher laws and new taxes
      608 7 Reuter WASHINGTON Foreign companies doing business on US soil are bracing for tougher oversight and possible legislation under President Bill Clinton that would cost them billions of dollars in new taxes, experts say. The proposed crackdown could net the
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      Lock icon Bonn forecasts zero growth, higher unemployment: paper
      230 7 Reuter BONN The German government's annual economic re'port sees zero growth and rising unemployment for 1993, the Die Welt newspaper said. It said the report, which Economics Minister Guenter Rexrodt is due to present to the Cabinet on Feb 10, saw gross domestic
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      Lock icon De Klerk to delay elections if violence continues
      329 7 Reuter LONDON South African President FW de Klerk has said he will delay planned nonracial elections if violence continues to ravage the country. *Tm not prepared to hand the country over into chaos," he said in a British Broadcasting Corporation television interview
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      Lock icon Brazil's rising inflation fuels fears of govt intervention
      312 7 Reuter SAO PAULO, Brazil Fears that monthly inflation could hit 30 per cent in February have fuelled uncertainty over where President Itamar Franco is leading Brazil, business leaders and diplomats say. In the four weeks ending Jan 23, prices rose by 27.83
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      Lock icon Russian minister predicts fierce battle over reforms
      386 7 Reuter DAVOS, Switzerland A key Russian minister said on Monday that old-style communists were preparing for a final battle to halt the government's drive to put most state property in private hands by the end of this year. But the official. Deputy Prime
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      34 7 Ask us to go further yet still be close at hand. IB *s* r UTA HAS BECOME AIR FRANCE, NOW WITH OVER 200 DESTINATIONS ACROSS FIVE CONTINENTS. ASK THE WORLD 0 F I s
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  • WORLD FOCUS
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      Lock icon Road to monetary union littered with conflicting signs
      936 8 Turmoil on the ERM IHT LONDON European politicians made up for the relative quiet in the currency markets that tollowed the weekend devaluation of the Irish punt by blaming each other for the latest setback on the road to monetary union. Amid
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      Lock icon Europe's currency tangle — the way ahead
      2579 8 Europe's currency tangle the way ahead The Economist European monetary union can be achieved but not by the route now planned. So says Sir Michael Butler. Britain's permanent representative at EC headquarters in 1979-85, and later originator of the British plan for a "hard" ECU. to be used alongside national
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Malaysia's second national car project launched
      887 9  -  UMW, Daihatsu sign accord on Ms4oom joint venture From Leslie Lopez in KUALA LUMPUR AFTER more than a year of wrangling, a group of Malaysian investors led by publiclylisted UMW Holdings Bhd yesterday signed an agreement with Japan's Daihatsu Motor Co Ltd to build
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      Times Pub sells off 51pc stake in Scantrans
      215 9 SINGAPORE Times Publishing has sold off its 51 per cent stake in colour separation firm Scantrans Pte Ltd in a move to rationalise its commercial printing business in Singapore. In an announcement yesterday, the printing and publishing group said it signed an
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      APB will have much cause for cheer when Viet brewery comes on line
      765 9  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Lee Han Shih SINGAPORE Some time towards the end of this year, Singapore journalists and stockbroking analysts will jostle for an invitation to Vietnam. Media visits to Vietnam are now commonplace. This one,
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      Keppel's engineering aim in Thai steel fabrication tie-up
      347 9  -  By Rahita Eiias SINGAPORE Keppel InteI grated Engineering (KIE). the listed engineering arm of keppel Corp. has broken into the I hai market through a jointventure company which has clinched two steel fabrication contracts totalling S9 million. KIE. through its subsidiary Keppel
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      Inno-Pacific pays $6.3 m of debt to banks and loan stockholders
      377 9  -  By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE Financially troubled Inno-Pacific Holdings Ltd has settled 56.3 million of its debt, lowering the amount it owes stockholders to about $34 million. And although this has to be paid by Nov 25 this year, the
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      373 9 Source: Bridge Info Performance of STII's index stocks Feb 2 '-«*< Sense Index l ch Ck|( fa« lor imitcrs (S) (S) S Avimo I 940 -0010 1.6} II 7-500 0050 6 31 55 56 Cerebos 4 900 -0 0.0 4 12 -22 22 N II 500 -0 200 9
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    • COMPANIES
      • COMPANY BRIEFS
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          Two new directors at CCL
          45 10 SINGAPORE Cycle and Carriage Ltd has appointed two new directors Low Siow Whatt and Anthony John Liddell Nightingale. Mr Low is a senior partner with RSP Architects Planner Engineers, while Mr Nightingale is managing director of Jardine Pacific Ltd, Hongkong.
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          Results of Alliance's rights issue
          64 10 SINGAPORE Alliance Technology and Development Ltd has announced that it has received 12,513.802 acceptances and excess shares applications for its recent rights issue. The company said this represented 68.49 per cent of the total of 18,270,000 new ordinary shares of $1 each. The issue was
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          Lock icon Southern Acids' profit down 34pc
          82 10 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Southern Acids has posted a 34 per cent drop in group operating pre-tax profit to M 57.46 million (554.7 million) for the six months ended Oct 30, 1992, compared with MSI 1.30 million during the previous corresponding period. This kjJpVn a ccn
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          Lock icon 32 firms apply to operate TV 4
          78 10 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Thirty-two companies have applied to operate TV4. Yesterday was the cut-off date for bids to run the second privatised television network. Information Minister Mohamed Rahmat said the applications were made through open tender. Among the applicants is the Melewar Group,
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          Lock icon Proposal involving Manila phone firms
          84 10 Reuter MANILA A proposed law was filed yesterday in the Philippine Congress to punish phone companies which refuse to submit to mandatory linking of services and facilities. In a move aimed at the monopoly of phone giant Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co, it seeks to
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          Lock icon Thai oil authority's unit to offer shares
          74 10 Reuter BANGKOK The exploration unit of the government-owned Petroleum Authority of Thailand will offer 40 million shares for public subscription by mid-March this year before its listing on the Thai stock market. The PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Ltd said it planned
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          49 10 SINGAPORE Low Keng Huat (Singapore) Ltd (LKH) has announced that one of its wholly-owned subsidiary companies, Kwan Hwee Investment Pte Ltd (KHI), has subscribed to an additional 255,000 ordinary shares of $1 each in Everett Investment Pte Ltd. Everett is a subsidiary company of KHI.
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          Low Keng Huat unit in sales accord
          45 10 SINGAPORE A subsidiary of Low Keng Huat (Singapore) Ltd, Duxton Hotel Pte Ltd, has entered into a sales and purchase agreement t<s acquire the balance of 392,000 ordinary shares of 1 each in L'Aigle d'Or Restaurant Pte Ltd.
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        263 10 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Two companies, Tenco Bhd and Dubon Sdn Bhd, are believed to have submitted applications to seek listings on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange's second board. Tenco, an investment holding company with a paid-up capital of
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        621 10 Approval for little-known Shanghai Gaoqiao expected this month Reuter HONGKONG A Shanghai property developer is set to become the first Chinese company to offer shares to the Hongkong public, clearing a hurdle which has frustrated mainland enterprises for
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        60 10 Reuter MANILA Philippine President Fidel Ramos lowering a time capsule during the ground-breaking ceremony for a new refinery by the local unit of Royal Dutch/Shell Group in Ratangps city south of Manila yesterday. Mr Ramos said the project is the biggest single investment by a private company
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        GM joint venture in China delivers first batch of vehicles
        244 10  -  By Dawn Tan SINGAPORE The joint venture between General Motors Corp of the US and China's Jinbei Automobile Company has officially gone on line with the delivery of the first batch of light commercial vehicles. BT has learned that the
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        Lock icon HK awards reclamation deal despite likely China protest
        180 10 Bloomberg Business News HONGKONG The territory's government has formally awarded a HKS2.6 billion (*****.1 million) contract to reclaim land from the harbour to a consortium that includes Australian, Chinese and Dutch interests in spite of the prospect of opposition from China. The
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        Lock icon Metroplex clinches 70pc tenancy for Mall office tower
        314 10 MBT KUALA LUMPUR The Metroplex Bhd group has secured tenancies for 70 per cent of the lettable space for its office tower, currently under construction, at its integrated commercial complex at The Mall. Metroplex executive deputy chairman S K Chan told reporters
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        Thai petrochemical firms press for government support
        353 10 BANGKOK Thai petrochemical companies, in a bid to compete with those elsewhere in Asean. want the government to grant them assistance. including tax cuts and price supports, according to a Bangkok Post report. Their demand has been lodged in a three-point package. The
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        Lock icon Term limits mooted for US directors
        503 11 Proposal seen as making company boards accountable to shareholders UPI CHICAGO Term limits became the rallying cry last autumn for Americans demanding more accountability from lawmakers and government officials. Propositions calling for term limits on members of Congress were overwhelmingly approved in each of
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        552 11 Reuter NEW YORK US companies appear to be growing more willing to disclose serious illnesses that hit their senior executives. An executive illness is a "crisis in the making", said Michael Morris, executive vice-president in the international department of public relations firm
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        Lock icon Stage set for New York newspaper war as Post editors defect to rival paper
        369 11 Reuter NEW YORK The top three editors at the ailing New York Post quit the paper on Monday to join the rival Daily News. setting the stage for a do-or-die battle between the fierce competitors. Just
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        Lock icon World s smallest 35mm autofocus camera
        49 11 Reuter OD U°in*™™ ■li"'"« led "if T rld > maltes and I'Rhlesl 35mm anlofocns compact camera on Monday The Nikon \KMHI QD is 108 mm wide, 62mm high and has an anlo flash. II will go on sale from March at 37.000 yen Reu.T
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        548 11 Reuter AMSTERDAM A steady shuffle of senior bankers through the offices of the Dutch Ministry of Finance signals the start of the race for a prime role in the privatisation of Dutch state telecommunications giant PIT. PTT's flotat ion
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        311 11 NYT NLW YORK The Leslie Fay Companies, one of the largest publicly traded apparel manufacturers in the US. stunned Wall Street on Monday with the announcement that it had discovered accounting irregularities that might erase last \ear s profits, once
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          87 11 Reuter lORONIO Stocks in anadas Bronfman group of companies came under renewed attack on Monday after a credit downgrade aroused investor fears that tremors within the familvrun empire could weaken its foundations. The latest hit came alter the anadian Bond Rating Service slashed ratings on Fridav
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          92 11 Reuter MOSC OW Russia's most powerful company, the gas industry monopoly Ga/prom. will remain in state hands, despite misgivings by some government officials overseeing the privatisation process. President Boris Yeltsin signed a decree in November transforming Ga/prom into a joint stock company, but the firm
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          55 11 Reuter LONDON UK international motors and services group Inchcape pk said vesterday that it had acquired Intcco Inc. parent of Inteco Japan Ltd. an industrial inspection and marine surveying company based in lokyo. Inchcape said the sum paid represented less than one per cent of
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          98 11 Bloomberg Business News TOKYO Compaq Computer Corp. the No 4 US computer maker, will turther reduce prices on its low-cost personal computers in Japan by 10 to 20 per cent Irom mid-February, and extend warranties on all its products to three years from
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          79 11 Reuter NEW YORK RH Macy on Monday reported net income of U*****.7 million (***** million) for the last five weeks ended Jan 2. the first profit since filing a voluntary petition for reorganisation under Chapter 11. On Jan 27. the company and nine subsidiaries filed under
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          70 11 Bloomberg business News LONDON Unilever pic said on Monday that it will shed 120 jobs Irom its London headquarters as part of a restructuring that will also see 260 workers relocated to other sites. Following a review of the group's corporate centre last year,
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          85 11 Bloomberg Business News VEVEY. Switzerland Nestle SA of Switzerland is in the final stages of selling several mineral water brands belonging to Source Perrier SA to an unnamed buyer, a spokesman at Nestle's headquarters here said on Monday. Nestle bought Perrier. the French mineral
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        371 11 Reuter C HICAGO A lawsuit filed by a Florida man claiming that his wife's brain cancer was caused or exacerbated by her cellular telephone is now raising questions of its merits in the medical community. Last week, many investors reacted by pulling out of
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          69 12 Reuter HONGKONG Bank America Corps Bank of America said it had received approval from the Peoples Bank of China to upgrade its Guangzhou representative office to a full branch. his makes it the first US bank to have a branch in Guangzhou. Bank
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          68 12 Reuter WASHINGTON President Bill Clinton has chosen Kenneth Brody, a New York investment banker, to be chairman of the US export-Import Bank, the White House announced on Monday. Brody is a limited partner with Goldman, Sachs Co, which he joined in 1971. The nomination
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          83 12 Reuter LONDON Britain will probablv not consider rejoining the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) "for some considerable time", a government minister said. Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke told the British Broadcasting Corporation's Newsnight programme that recent events put oil a quick re-entry into
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          76 12 Bloomberg Business News AMSTERDAM ABN Amro said it plans to start offering life insurance through its ABN Amro Vezerkering unit starting this September. The Dutch bank said that it had appointed Berent Wapstra to head ABN Amro Vezerkering and build up this new line
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          95 12 Reuter TOKYO Sumitomo Bank Ltd said its latest earnings forecast for the year to March 31 was based on a premise that it would write off some 210 billion yen (553.2 billion) in loans, its biggest loan write-off ever. A bank spokesman said the forecast
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          86 12 Reuter PRAGUE The Czech parliament yesterday approved a law providing for the abolition of the Czechoslovak crown as the common currency of the Czech and Slovak republics. The measure was adopted after 173 of the 189 deputies voted in favour of the Bill. The new
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          82 12 Reuter BOGOTA The Colombian government announced it was changing and refining its public debt policy to raise new funds, control money supply and broaden local capital markets. The Finance Ministry and the Banco de la Republica (Central Bank) said they were launching a new
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        298 12 AP BEIJING The head of China's central bank was quoted on Monday as saying the government will expand credit this year, rather than tightening it as had been expected to curb inflation. "Projected bank loans for this year are more than those of
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        302 12 Reuter WASHINGTON A US congressional report on Monday blasted the Resolution Trust Corp for waste and inefficiency and called for a new agency to handle the sale of all failed bank and thrift assets. In releasing the study, Bruce Vento said RTC chief
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        Public Bank to raise US$ 75m on capital market
        390 12  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE Clob-listed Public Bank is about to sign an agreement to raise USS7S million (SSI23 million) on the capital market. Bankers say Public Bank one of Malaysia's biggest had sought to raise only US$5O million through an
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        483 12 Reuter NEW YORK Loan demand in the US will improve from 1992's tepid levels in 1993 but will still be weak, says Chemical Banking Corp chief executive officer John McGillicuddy. "I think it will get better in 1993, but I am
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        57 12 Reuter I ;^!2 o lr Th Cha,,ce,lor of lhe Exchequer, Norman Lamont, studying his papers while leaving the Treasury on Primp \r 9® ver J n en < officials denied a reported rift between Prime Minister John Major and Mr Lamont as sterling fell to
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        580 12 NYT NEW YORK J P Morgan Co, combining its tradition of bailing out troubled banks with its desire to become an aggressive investment firm, has raised US$l billion (551.65 billion) for a fund to invest in commercial banks worldwide.
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        606 12 Ruling party pushing for Mieno's resignation over economic woes Knight-Ridder TOKYO Yasushi Mieno could still lose his job as Bank of Japan governor as elements of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and government seek a scapegoat amid criticism over economic policy. Japan's economic policymakers
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        521 12 Reuter WASHINGTON Lawyers for Saudi banker Khalid bin Mahfouz asked a federal court on Monday to end a freeze on his US assets sought bv the liquidators of BCCI who are suing him for about USS3O billion (5549.5 billion). Lawyers for
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        398 13 AFP CANBERRA The Australian dollar is likely to rise over the next five years from its present level of about 67 US cents to around 77 US cents, the Australian government's commodity forecasting group said yesterday. Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics
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        466 13 NYT LONDON Germany's central bank defended its tightmoney policies in London on Monday night, and seemed to indicate that the Bundesbank was not ready to lower interest rates to ease the pressure on Europe's battered monetary System. Although the prepared remarks by Helmut Schlesinger, the Bundesbank
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        445 13 Reuter WASHINGTON The US 5 R eserve likely to opt this week to hold interest rates steady as it balances its desire for lower inflation with political pressure to aid the economy and the new administration, say analysts. With economic growth picking
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        406 13 Reuter BAGHDAD Oil companies from the United States, Europe and Asia are lining up for what promises to be a post-sanctions oil boom in Iraq, diplomats said on Monday. "It is clear that some American, French, Italian and Japanese
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        389 13 Bloomberg -ENERGY REPORT LONDON Oil futures in New York and London were lower as falling gasoil prices, or heating oil in the US. and reservations about Opec's resolve to cut output weighed on prices. Oil futures prices
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        141 13 Early morning commercial demand for US dollars and ringgit/Sing buying saw US$/S$ trade at a high of 1.6507. Afternoon trading was quiet and the US$/S$ was confined to a range of 1.6500 to 1.6505. Sell-ofT in the US$ brought the US$/S$ to a low of
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        205 13 Bloomberg Business News LONDON The dollar surged almost a pfennig to a three-week high in Europe as oftlcial figures showed the US economy is strengthening even as Germany's economy heads into a steep decline, traders said. The dollar has risen almost 5 per cent against the deutschemark in the
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        1177 13 I raJe-nrtxhlnJ index calculated a*im>r Spore > lop 14 trading partner, Bom- Year I9SS i oujt vtrar ivb? US$/S$ forward rates Noon Feb 2 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.6477 1 6492 2-roonth 1.6467 1 6452 J-monlh 1.6456 ***** 6-month ***** 1 6447 Source: OCBC FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES As at
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        85 13 Knight-Ridder NEW YORK The US dollar at midday yesterday was holding most of its gains achieved on two reports of US economic vigour 10-year records in both home sales and leading indicators. At 1245 ET, the dollar traded at 1.6410 deutschemarks, up from 1.6340 on late Monday in
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        535 13 Reuter DAVOS, Switzerland Opec is seeking closer cooperation with the oil-producing former Soviet republics on monitoring supplies, Opec secretary-gener-al Subroto said on Monday. He said the future of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) would be among topics discussed at a closed-door session
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        1363 14 SIMEX REPORT Reuter SINCiAPORt Eurodollar futures ended softer, pressured late in the day by cautious selling ahead of the release of US economic indicators this week, which include the key unemployment figures on 1 ridav. dealers said. Market operators are also cautious ahead of the
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        1034 14 COMMODITIES REPORT Tin IHt METAL eased 27 sen lo MS 14.93 per kg yesterday, after having traded above the VIS 15.CK) per kg level during the last three davs of the previous week. Dealers said miners were keen at disposing ofT their
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      1573 14 Rubber Feb 2 MS Commodity Exchange (futures dosing as at 1pm) MS (physical prices) *SS 1 (S cents/kg) Buyers Sellers Close Volume Open 12 (S cents/kg) 2£ l-~- g ilb |4**. SON A"" 3 '51 25 151.25 5oS" 5.92? KSS 4 11 May 'ftTO aw 154 50 7m
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        Manila
        592 15 -2.79 Share prices drifted lower in sideways trade as investors were discouraged by the absence of good news on oil drilling ofT south-western Palawan island, brokers said. The Manila Composite Index inched down 2.79 points to 1.334.73 from Monday's close of 1.337.52. "Investors are concerned over the Linapacan well
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        Taipei
        579 15 +41.03 Share prices finished higher across the board in active trade yesterday, extending a rally which began last Saturday when Premier Hau Pei-tsun announced he would resign to ease a political crisis. The Weighted Index, which was up more than 60 points in late trade, closed 41.03 points at
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        Seoul
        376 15 +2.61 A mild technical rebound following a six day losing streak pushed stocks up to close slightly higher but sentment remains largely lacklustre, brokers said. Brokers said bargain-hunting in financial shares, recent laggards. also buoyed the index. The Composite Index climbed 2.61 points to end at 666.1 K. I
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        New Zealand
        289 15 1.44 I he NZSE-40 Share Index ended 1.44 points up at 1.514.76 higher but prices closed mixed yesterday. Ciood interest in Brierley and Telecom propped the index up but most others including the foresters were weak. Brierley lifted three cents to NZ$l.l3 and has now gained nearly 12
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        93 15 +28.66 Stock prices shot up in anticipation of a growth-oriented national Budget. The BSE Index yesterday climbed 28.66 points to 2,663.09, but the National Index fell by 0.9<) to 1.199.19. An analyst said reports that the government might lower corporate and personal taxes, rationalise import tariffs and cut bank
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        Australia
        947 15 1.1 Stocks yesterday shrugged off strong gains overseas and improved balance-of-payments figures locally to close barely up on the day. Ihe All Ordinaries Index started modestly firmer, but soon lost ground to bounce sluggishly in a tight range through the afternoon to close I I points higher at 1,530.2.
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        751 15 Britannia Funds Sterling C s*h Bid Offer M»m < jp rVp.K,i 700 Mi I Mm MMaG) II SMI II |M<* Mim M.n liK.'inc ******1 ******1 I S| ash Inumw Phis luiul I0JSU0 PS Krsrrsr I urn) .Mill V*I00 Sterling t quil> turn IVrfiirmjiKt- II4<M II4M4I 1 jr r*si lunsi '.'iiiw
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        627 15 -17.2 UK shares closed lower as investors stood back from the market yesterday. Monday's sharp rise and concerns over company rights issues overshadowed renewed hopes for another UK interest rate cut. The FTSE-100 Index ended 17.2 points lower at 2,834.4. erasing a good portion of Monday's 44.4 point gain.
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        166 15 +o.oBpc The Paris Bourse made a tiny gain yesterday in quiet trading, as the CAC-40 stock price index finished the day at 1,787.31 points, up a mere 0.08 per cent from the Monday close. The indicator was up a firm 0.71 per cent at the opening and quickly broke
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        118 15 -0.42 pc A sharp rise in heavyweight blue ehip company Astra failed to stop the Stockholm bourse from sliding to a lower close in active trade yesterday. Car maker Volvo's Bshares shed seven crowns to 380 after chief executive Soren Civil said it suffered severe currency losses in 1992.
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        Brussels
        148 15 +0.93 Profit-taking after recent strong gains and ahead of the end of the forward market account tomorrow erased most Belgian shares' early gains to a fractionally higher close yesterday. Ihe Bel-20 Index of leading shares closed up 0.93 points, or 0.08 per cent, at 1,208.60. after touching a 1993
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        Milan
        123 15 +0.84pc Italian shares closed higher yesterday, supported by good foreign buying interest and with focus on the insurance sector. Political fears that overhung the market on Monday eased with that night's news the Socialist Party had pledged full support for the administration of Prime Minister Giuliano Amato. The MIB
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        Amsterdam
        240 15 -0.48 Dutch shares ended mixed to lower yesterday as weak London stocks cancelled out possible supportive effect of a strong dollar, dealers said. Ihe market was digesting truck maker DAKs preboursc announcement that it had filed for creditor protection. Market players still saw scope for the Dutch slate to
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        241 15 -0.1 Swiss shares closed narrowly mixed yesterday after the market see-sawed throughout a relatively narrow range, dealers said. The broad SPI Index closed at 1.277.9 points. 0.1 point below its previous close. Turnover was moderate. Money market rates edged higher as the Swiss franc weakened against the mark and
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        Frankfurt
        209 15 -2.07 German shares ended a session of narrow price swings mostly a fraction easier as st)me profit-taking set in after yesterday's rally. Dealers said that with hopes of an imminent Bundesbank rate cut now fading. the market was lacking the fresh factors needed to keep up the momentum and
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        280 15 18 South African industrials closed higher across the board on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange yesterday, mainly on renewed interest by local institutional buyers. "There's a sense that interest rates will come down soon and that's bringing back more money to the market," a dealer said. In brisk trade, the
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        290 15 +5.5 loronto stocks edged higher in lacklustre midday dealings yesterday, underpinned by continued strength in gold shares while most other areas traded sideways. The ISE-300 Index rose 4.3 points to 3.315.2 on volume of 18.72 million shares valued at CSIS6 million. Advances led declines by 214 to 204 with
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        795 15 +22.15 Ihe Dow Jones Industrial Average, which climbed 22.15 points on Monday, was down 5.40 points to 3,326.7 X at 11 am KST yesterday. The key barometer was down more than X points earlier. Among the broad gauges, the New York Stock Kxchange Composite Index was oil 0.72
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      2501 16 Reuter SHARE PRICES closed lower in quiet trading yesterday with buying interest thinned by a lingering dispute between China and Britain over Hongkong's political reform plan, brokers said. "Players stayed calm and cautious following the renewed China blasts." said Larry Tarn, executive director at Sun Hung Kai Securities. The
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      446 16 TURNOVER in the Shanghai A market stayed strong yesterday with over 53.6 million shares' changing hands. It was a two-way market with the CLSA Shanghai A Index up 2.43 per cent to 8,962.37. The Shanghai B market was unable to sustain Monday's advance and shed 1.11 per cent to
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      2438 16 Reuter STOCKS ended modestly firmer yesterday after retreating from earlier highs, in slow-moving trade. Investors were keeping to the sidelines with no fresh factors, and profit-taking emerged occasionally on moderate rises. The Nikkei Average moved sideways above the 17,000 level all day. "Selling by corporate tokkin fund-trusts is depressing
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      1837 16 Reuter STOCKS recovered from early losses yesterday as heavy buying of major banks in the final minutes pushed the stock index to a higher close though losers outnumbered winners, brokers said. The SET Index gained 4.05 points, or 0.42 per cent, to end at 969.80 on turnover of 5.59
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      825 16 Reuter STOCKS closed higher yesterday after a burst of unusually high activity with textiles and banks receiving favourable attention. Bank Internasional Indonesia traded 830.500 shares, rising 25 rupiah to 3,300. Panin Bank was also among the gainers, rising 25 to 1.325 on 275.000 shares traded. In textiles. Mayatex rose
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      1922 17 Source: Bridge Info Source: Bridge Info t v «l ftflr Lm (Joule l)i« INi 1M V( M Cm Compan) Sal, (tJOO) High low Bu>rr Seller N Or P/l Smil MALAYSIAN STOCKS *67 'it \MDBM)t 4*' J h SO 0 8 I.J 605.0 124.1 2.0 .42- Tio U k
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        4882 17 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The KLSE Composite Index hit the day's high of 630.16 at 11:45 am yesterday. It then wavered at midafternoon to close at 628.38. up 3.89 points from last Friday's closing after recouping from a low of 628.27 at 4.30pm. The Kuala Lumpur
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        4286 18  -  By Quak Hiang Whai SINGAPORE The local stock market looked set to take a breather yesterday when profit-takers moved in during the morning. But a rush for blue chips in the final five minutes of the afternoon session pushed the Straits Times
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        76 18  -  HOT STOCK Paul Leo SINGATRONICS has broken through resistance at 68 cents yesterday to close at 71.5 cents. The next stop is likely to be 76 cents, when further resistance can be expected. The five-week moving average line has cut the 15-week line from below, supporting the bullish scenario.
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      173 11 THTj The University pE| of South Australia Graduate School of Management gS;°P 2of London and University of Manchester, in terms of Standard and Student Quality in chard's Top Business Schools'' Source' "Where to Get the Best Business Degrees' published by The Bulletin dated 27 Augustl99l. to Get the Best Prwtew
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  • SPORTS
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        Lock icon Agassi wins, Borg loses
        75 19 Reuter SAN FRANCISCO Top-seeded Andre Agassi of the US defeated countryman Jonathan Stark 6-2, 7-6 (9-7) in his 1993 Volvo atches at the US$3OO,OOO (*****.000) ttoL <J*l 5 Francisco tournament on Monday. Bjom Borg of Sweden won his first set in a tour event after being
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        Lock icon India beats England in first Test
        68 19 AFP CALCUTTA India's drought of Tesl victories ended vester!he fira" convincingly by cight Wlckels jn li Eden Gar dens here. Resuming at the overnight score of 36 for no loss, the Indians raced to the 79-run yctory target 65 minutes after the start of
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        Lock icon UK cricket team complains of pollution
        98 19 Reuter CALCUJTA An expert is looking into pollution levels in Indian cities after England's cricket players expressed concern particularly during the first Test here. Ted Dexter, the England committee chairman who has commissioned an expert study into the issue said yesterday: "In general. Im
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        Lock icon Buzzing over a Hornet
        33 19 Reuter CHARLOTTE. North Carolina Michael Caye of the Seattle ?nJT^° niCS nsinB bo^ e the Charlotte Hornets' Alonzo Mourning in a game on Monday. The Hornets won 112-100. Reuter
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        Lock icon Bowe lays down challenge to Lewis
        67 19 AFP NEW YORK Riddick Bowe. the WBA and IBF heavyweight champion, says he is ready to fight Britain's WBC champion Lennox Lewis tomorrow providing Lewis throws his belt back in the garbage first. Bowe was stripped of his WBC title after winning his crowns
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        Lock icon America's Cup defenders shortlisted
        82 19 AP SAN DIEGO Team Dennis Conner and the Pegasus Syndicate. the first all-women's America's Cup group, were conditionally accepted on Monday as defence candidates for the 1995 America s Cup. A third group, headed by Olympic silver medallist Kevin Mahanev of Maine, was to submit its
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        Lock icon Navratilova overcomes Japanese player
        80 19 Reuter YOKOHAMA. Japan Third-seeded Martina Navratilova made heavy weather of disposing of sprightly qualifier Ai Sugiyama of Japan in the first round of the U*****,000 Toray Pan Pacific Open yesterdav. Navratilova. 36. took 113 minutes to beat the 17-year-old Tokyo high-school girl 6-3 3-6 6-3. Serving
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      Lock icon Couples wins Charity Shoot-out
      685 19  -  Prelude to Johnnie Walker Classic Golf By Shahiron Sahari SINGAPORE Fred Couples, the world's No. 2 golfer, overcame a sore wrist to win the Charity Shoot-out at the Singapore Island Country Club (Bukit) yesterday. In what was basically a relaxing day out on the course before
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      Lock icon Westner leads revival of S Africa's golfing fortunes
      788 19 A look at the performance of the country's players at the recent Dubai Desert Classic AFP LONDON Wayne Westner became a leader of South Africa's escape from the sporting wilderness with his victory in the Dubai Desert Classic at the weekend. The
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      Lock icon Cowboys need to guard against complacency
      819 19  -  PASADBN e A e SI e ?i S T r h ßowl win over the Buffal Bills will not be easy. Mike Rabun reports Now comes the harH nnrt fr\r tknrA i <* UCCCSS, what they gave. I think that VVP Knvc Hqi/p Mike
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    • SCORE CARD
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        Lock icon Basketball
        32 19 AFP WASHINGTON National Basketball Association results from Tuesday: Charlotte 112 Seattle 100; Chicago 96 Utah 92; Milwaukee 116 Golden State 102; New Jcrscv 115 Dallas 96; Orlando 119 Sacramento 115. AFP
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        Lock icon Tennis
        279 19 AP Reuter AFP SAN FRANCISCO First Round results Monda> of the Volvo-San Francisco tournament (seedings in parentheses): Jamie Morgan (Aus) b Todd Martin (US) 4-6. 7-6 (7-5). 7-5: Robbie Weiss (US) b Simon Youl (Aus) 6-3. 3-6. 6-2; Marcos Ondruska (SA 8) b Jared Palmer (US) 6-1. 6-4; Gary
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        Lock icon Ice hockey
        52 19 Reuter ORK Res lls ■I Hockey League games played Monday: New York Rangers 4 New York Islanders 4 (ot); Ottawa Senators 4 Winnipeg Jets 4 (ot): St Louis Blues I Toronto Maple Leafs J (ot); Tampa Bay Lightning 5 San Jose Sharks 4; Minnesota North Stars 5 Vancouver
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        Lock icon Cricket
        127 19 AFP CALCUTTA, India Final scoreboard or the first cricket test between India and England on Tuesday. India Ist innings: 371 (MA A/haruddin 182. SR Tcndulkar 50. DE Malcolm 3-67. GA Hick 3-19). England Ist innings: 163 (MW Gatting 33. AR Kumblc 3-50. V Raju 3-39. RK Chouhan 3-30). England
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Bawdy and soul
      639 20  -  Susan Tsang reviews Theatreworks' The Lady of Soul and Her Ultimate S' Machine Susan Tsang IF YOU could shop for a nation, what sort would you get? And if you were stuck in an Asian drag-on-type country, what improvements would you make? Are we concerned with packaging
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      Oh! Calcutta! coming to Tokyo partially clad
      335 20 CHATTERBOX OH! CALCUTTA:the steamy 1960s musical hit about sexual liberation, is finally coming to Japan but theatregoers expecting full frontal nudity are in for a disappointment. "This will be the first performance of Oh! Calcutta! in Japan and we want to keep as
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      Lock icon The day of the iguana
      59 20 Reuter PANAMA CITY US entrepreneur Mark Jones holding a male iguana at a farm outside nmSl'll'cSSv S rSi®# B**8** pr historic creature off the endangered species list, pro ide a steady source of food for the native people and to make money all at the
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      Lock icon Sri Lankan satire
      608 20  -  Street theatres entertain the poor and deliver social messages on current issues, reports Feizal Samarti Feizal Samath Reuter A YOUNG woman talks proudly about her soldier son fighting with Sri Lankan government forces against Tamil rebels, and prays for his safe return. "Fighting for a cause? Haha...
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      1194 20 TV RADIO The Experts, 10.30pm, SBC scores low on stucaptures Gross I check American culture. Watch the I two ham it up in enemy land f r as they educate the Russians in H the traditional American way. jm^^H Assignment Washington Wives, 4Sr B.oopm, SBC 12 JfW Partner or Lady?
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      381 21 MNShi'lS BeateAßudQ LET OUR PENANG CHEF INTRODUCE HER NEW RECIPES AT THE NEWLY RENOVATED PRINCESS TERRACE CAFE THE PLACE FOR AUTHENTIC PENANG SPECIALITIES. A RENDEZVOUS FOR FINE MEALS AT CAFE PRICES. OR LIGHT SNACKS WITH GOOD FRIENDS. KING S A member ofcdl hotels HOTEL *SINCAfO« Havelock Road, Singapore 0316.Te!:*****11 ■llyHlllllSH
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      494 21 ztwi ft FULL DRV SEMINAR PACKAGE |^^nl^4sjoope^ersorJ ij Good business sense means conducting your seminars or mini-conventions outside the CBD 1 yet in the heart of the Orchard Road area. That means choosing the Boulevard Hotel and I our excellent seminar packages. For only $45 per II person for a
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      320 21 WHERE TO WINE, DINE AND ENTERTAIN 22 JAN-6 FEB S Drop in to the Plaza Hotel and you can join the celebrat ions with our mouth- watering selection of Lohei D dishes. Cafe Plaza has a Chinese New Year Buffet with raw fish at $20++ (Adult), $14++ (Child). *4' Available
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      314 21 THI Enjoy an unforgettable evening of spectacular world-class revues at the Neptune. And our Early Dinner Special menu prepared by experienced Hong Kong chefs. Happy Hour Early Dinner Special Menu from 6.30pm to B.oopm on no-function day. Free parking in the evening. Showtimes: B.oopm to 8.30pm 9.30pm to 10.15pm 7iK
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  • REGIONAL ANALYSIS
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      Should generals stay out of the boardroom?
      1164 22  -  The military in economy business Special to BT SUCHIT BUNBONGKARN SUCHIT BUNBONGKARN The writer is dean of the Political Science Department, Chulalongkorn University AS the economies of Asean members Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia grow rapidly, that of Myanmar suffers from stagnation. The
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        When was Cardinal last Sin and heard?
        64 22 CARDINAL JAIME SIN, Manila's outspoken Roman Catholic prelate, has kept a low profile since President Fidel Ramos' rise to power last June. Sin and Ramos were partners in the 1986 military revolt that toppled former president Ferdinand Marcos. Mr Ramos, a Protestant, appears
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        Breather for Bank off Japan
        81 22 JAPANESE PRIME Minister Kiichi Miyazawa's trip to Washington scheduled for midFebruary has been postponed to May. Japanese diplomats are disappointed but the Bank of Japan (BOJ) is, we hear, delighted with the development. It has been facing pressure to trim the official discount rate to
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        Murdiono: sign off better things to come?
        87 22 INDONESIAN State Secretary Murdiono has been busier than usual. President Suharto's chief aide, who oversees the powerful State Secretariat, was an unmistakcablc figure at the rcccnt announcements of the liquidation of Bank Summa and the abolition of fuel subsidies. Now a new body
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      Old soldiers don't die, they fade into the corporate world
      896 22  -  Special to BT ZAKARIA AHMAD ZAKARIA AHMAD The writer. Associate Professor in the Strategic Studies Programme at the L'niversiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (National University of Malaysia), is currently on sabbatical leave at the National University of Singapore. WHEN old soldiers retire
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      The dilemma facing Thailand's reformers
      1561 23  -  Change and reform in Thailand Special to BT AMMAR SIAMWALLA AMMAR SIAMWALLA The writer is president of the think-tank, the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) Blessed by a strong, diversified and dynamic economy but disadvantaged by a weak, unresponsive and erratic state, Thailand is constantly
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      Foundation laid for strong civilian government
      899 23  -  Special to BT SURIN MAISRIKROD SURIN MAISRIKROD A FAVOURITE question that keeps cropping up in Thailand these days is whether the Chuan Leekpai government will last. That's another way of asking how long Mr Chuan himself will survive as Thailand's elected civilian prime minister.
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      Thai govt making progress on several fronts
      1436 23  -  FACE TO FACE Finance Minister Tarrin Nimmanhaeminda, 47, is a major figure in Premier Chuan Leekpai's civilian government. He is one of Thailand's leading reformists today. He spoke to BT's Andrew Cooke in Bangkok on some of the changes underway to make Thailand
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  • Article
    UN may flunk the Cambodia test
    537 24 EDITORIAL THE tragedy of Cambodia, scripted in blood by the Khmer Rouge in the 1970s and then by the Vietnamese invaders in the '80s, may yet be enacted again, this time under the timid supervision of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (Untac).
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
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      Taxis — first things first
      154 24 Taxis first things first WITH CONCERN over rising costs never far from people's minds, the disclosure at the weekend that the taxi companies would be seeking a fresh round of fare increases is bound to cause anxiety. NTUC Comfort said a proposal was being readied for consideration by the Public
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      Health — up to the individual
      150 24 Health up to the individual BASED ON THE recent findings of a survey by the Ministry of Health, Singaporeans have to get serious about their well-being White the incidence of heart problems fell in the past eight years (1984-92), the number of adults who may potentially suffer from such ailments
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      Nip the evil in the bud
      160 24 LAST SATURDAY'S police raid on illegal billiard saloons saw 170 students in uniform arrested for questioning, with the youngest being only 10 years old. This matter cannot be taken lightly. Because, as some parents have pointed out, many people who frequent these saloons are
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      Beat the City Hall mafias
      208 24 ALMOST FOUR MONTHS after the Kampong Rambutan bus terminal scandal was first brought to light the case remains a cause celebre among Jakartans, with not only the news media but also private individuals and high-ranking government officials becoming involved in the public debate. There is
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      Defending the undefendable
      196 24 AS THE Executive Council resumes its deliberations on the Governor's constitutional reform package tomorrow, the mood is one of frustration and indecision. Mr Chris Patten's new-look Exco is apparently chafing under the public perception that it is merely a rub-ber-stamp body for the governor. Most particularly resented
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      Fighting for survival
      164 24 THERE ARE NO high prospects for a long-term settlement in Bosnia. A settlement would have to reflect military realities on the ground and, right now, there is an inequitable distribution of arms, with the Serbs having an enormous quantity of weapons. On the other hand, the existing
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    Lock icon Pressing need to help the UN do its job
    1010 24  -  To play its enhanced role effectively, the UN needs expanded resources, a restructured organisation and a clearer definition of its tasks, says Edward Mortimer Edward Mortimer FT NOT SINCE the first post-war years has the prestige of the United Nations stood
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      68 24 PALL mONOUTVIIC LoHRT IT SIR S ogGßwsPffiQN JOWKI oeoeMPN oNce Si tt" t«MCCWIDKW WWMI n W w POOWESBURY GARRY TRUDEAU I I TUJOLCNSMONTHSOFIO/AL ac P T c ***** I DObfr KNOtU AOOUT S&MCS TO THIS FAMILY, I YOURfW&ns.SAM- AW WHAT DO I HAVE UHYPOTT SAME KM# THEY PON7 S££M TO
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  • ANALYSIS
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      Washington and Beijing: in the throes of a maturing marriage
      936 25 Monday's Asahi Shimbun editorial expressed the hope for better US-China relations, for the good of the entire East Asian region THE RELATIONS between the United States and China are sometimes compared to those between a man and his wife. These
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      Mega-buck golf arrives in Vietnam
      1382 25  -  Although two Taiwanese firms have run into trouble with golf projects in Vietnam, a Singapore firm has confidently begun building a golf resort there. Harish Mehta reports. Harish Mehta WHEN Richard Wong, managing director of Singa-pore-based TCI Trading Pte Ltd, launched a project last year
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      Lock icon The reorienting of the South Pacific economies
      1098 25  -  Seiichi Miyake discusses why the region's island states are adopting countries like Malaysia and South Korea as role models Seiichi Miyake Nikkei Weekly OUTH Pacific nations like Fiji and Papua New Guinea KJ are breaking long-standing historical and economic ties with Australia and
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    Lock icon Japanese jobless rate rises for first time in six years
    477 26 Reuter TOKYO In the latest sign that Japan's prolonged economic slowdown is taking a social toll, the government announced yesterday that the jobless rate in 1992 climbed for the first time in six years. Economists said unemployment, a severe problem
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    Lock icon Phnom Penh calls for UN buffer zone with Khmer Rouge
    404 26 Reuter UPI AFP PHNOM PENH The Phnom Penh regime yesterday proposed that UN authorities establish a buffer zone between its forces and those of the radical Khmer Rouge faction. "We will move back our troops and propose the (UN) place
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    Lock icon Clinton to propose US$ 3lb economic stimulus package
    359 26 AFP AP Knight-Ridder WASHINGTON President Bill Clinton's top economic aides have told lawmakers that he will soon propose a $31 billion (5550.8 billion) short-term economic stimulus package, split between job-creating spending and business tax breaks, a Democratic source said yesterday. In the
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    Lock icon Thai foreign minister discusses economic triangle with Suharto
    230 26 AFP JAKARTA Thai Foreign Minister Prasoog Soonsiri yesterday met Indonesian President Suharto to discuss setting up an economic triangle linking their countries with Malaysia. Indonesian Foreign Minister Ali Alatas said Mr Prasong, who arrived on Monday for a three-day visit, briefed Mr
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    Fire power alone will not bring peace to the Balkans
    930 26  -  The Bottom Line NEVILLE STACK NEVILLE STACK The writer is a UK-based Journalist who contributed this commentary to BT. E UROPEANS tend to see military intervention in terms of sparks that ignite conflagrations. Take the last time there was a
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    Lock icon Philippine volcano blast kills 19
    176 26 AFP AP Reuter LEGAZPI, Philippines A volcano with a long history of violent eruptions blasted clouds of steaming ash into the air yesterday, triggering mudflows that killed at least 19 people. Dozens were injured and at least 12 missing, including two Germans and an Israeli
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    Lock icon US hopes deal on deportees will bury UN sanctions' move
    289 26 Reuter UNITED NATIONS US Secretary of State Warren Christopher has said that the Security Council should take no further action on Israel's deportation of some 400 Palestinians after it agreed to take back about 100 within a few days and
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    Lock icon EC fails in attempt to beef up trade defences
    273 26 AFP BRUSSELS The European Community yesterday failed to reach agreement on strengthening its powers to impose antidumping tariffs and other protectionist measures against cutprice imports. The move had been aimed particularly at imports from such countries as China and eastern Europe
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      Argentine carrier resorts to drastic cuts to stay afloat
      371 27  -  By Dexter Lee SINGAPORE Beleaguered Empresa Lineas Maritimas Argentinas (Elma), which has been in the red operationally in the last few years, is resorting to a drastic contraction of its business to keep afloat. The desperate move comes in the wake
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      Lock icon Rate differential for quality tankers narrows
      369 27 Knight-Kidder LONDON Shipowners with "quality" tonnage today struggled to maintain a rate premium over older, lower quality tankers, brokers say. A rate differential had been evident for Mediterranean loaders with modern and wellrun tankers obtaining slightly higher rates. Owners of tankers with segregated ballast
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      Lock icon Nigeria firm on port fee hike despite protests
      397 27 Knight-Ridder LONDON Nigeria Ports pic on Monday refused to either moderate a swinging increase in port fees or defer the starting date for those charges, says the International Association of Independent Tanker Owners. intertanko lodged a protest through the Nigerian High Commission
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      1149 27 Page Col ABC Containerline 12 1 Accord Group 8 1-3 •Ahrcnkiel Liner 16 4 Allied-Link 16 4/5 Alpha Feeders 6 1 •ANL 3 1/2 •APL 5 3.5 •ASCL 5 5 •ASXCL Shpg |5 2 Avant Shpg 6 4/5 Avia Airways 14 4 •Bait
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      Lock icon Brazil to sell state shipping firm to employees
      334 27 Reuter RIO DE JANEIRO Presiv dent Itamar Franco said the s government intends to sell Bra--1 zil's state shipping companv Lloyd Brasileiro to its emplovi ees, a spokesman for the MinisI try of Transportation said on Monday. Ihe 103-year-old Lloyd s Brasileiro
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      Lock icon Nedlloyd board names chairman
      216 27 Bloomberg ROI TERDAM Nedlloyd NV's supervisory hoard reappointed two of its members. Johan Erbe and Rijk Wijkstra and named Olivier van Royen as chairman of the supervisory board, the Dutch marine transportation company said in a statement on Monday. Mr Erbe and Mr Wijkstra's appointments are
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      Thai operator boosts facilities at two ports
      576 27 BANGKOK Private port I operator Thai Prosperity TerI minal Co (TP) has invested over 100 million baht (556.45 million) to boost its cargo handling capacity at the Thai ports of Samut Prakarn and Mab Ta Phut. Channarong Wongvanich, general manager, told The Nation
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      Ageing bulk carriers get special attention
      1056 28 The well-reported disasters to elderly bulk carriers have been a source of concern to classification societies not rmamscher Lloyd. In its GL Magazin the society describes the actions it has taken to deal with the problems ROM Januarv IQQO nn cnmo A okino FROM
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      TRANSPORT DIARY
      1176 28 CUUKSES 1993 From Feb 18 (8 evenings): Import/Export and Shipping Procedures organised by ELIM Management Services (SDF 50%). For course details and application forms, please call *****70. February 5 (10 eveinings): Cargo handling and shipping course organised by Computor Lord Industrial Training School Centre (SDF 50%). For application
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      DAILY FREIGHTS
      497 28 The dry cargo freight market saw physical rates tend a little easier while futures showed more significant losses. Dealers said the market was fairly thin with talk that there might be a modest build-up in available tonnage in the US Gulf contributing to the slightly easier tone. The
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      THE SHIPPING GUIDE
      12690 36 This is a list of ships loading at Singapore for ports around the world. It tabulates, by destination, the name ot the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates ot arrival and departure from the Port of Singapore. LE6ENO PN: ship calls at Penang after
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        439 43 m Pgartot V«mH VoyNo Berth AmvH Pg^, P'Srt Robert 70-13 P07 dloncside 020?'?^flA b j* 03 12/0900 San Batam SIM P01C alongside 0202/2300 ??"j e alongside 03.12/2300 Sin Yatana L 1/93 P01B alongside 0302/2359 J12 0312/1000 Sr. Tg San S14 P01C 02 02 2300 Dang Zanna ST
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        74 43 Johorc Port Berth: 1: Po Siu, Belle Coral, Meridian sun, Subur, Musa DzhaH. Pgg| Pft raadc Bg Soon Hock 11, Kastun, Palm Sea Horse, Pen bunker, Ikrari Maru 3002, Nagoya-2. Hang Jun 4009, Afcmmi, Euronavtgator, Continent-1, Anes, Arma, Alam Terv teram. Leader. ft* on Feb 2: Perkasa, Hua
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        1219 43 DELIVERY OF Fa IMPORT CONTAINERS IN PROGRESS |g» m contaim avahte srs. ss sss lis S7 ss sss s Optima BP JlS! lSS NoJftSi 8MF93 *****3 150C GuruBhum eS n 0293 ?lfl 9248 3 COO(EST) 02 0293 0700 Tiger River fslSe !S £1 2E (EST) 02 02 93
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        Delta shelves Asian expansion plan
        443 46  -  US airline shifts focus to Europe to capitalise on Pan Am assets By Rahita Elias SINGAPORE Delta Air Lines of the US has shelved indefinitely its Asian expansion plans and is instead focusing on developing the European market. The carrier had initially planned to expand
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        Lock icon Outsider appointed to lead EC operations
        632 46 AP LONDON A year and a half after Delta Air Lines snapped up the European operations of dying Pan Am, the supercarrier apparently needs help learning the ways of business on this side of the Atlantic. Deviating from a long tradition of promoting from
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        Lock icon Low air fares, strong US dollar lure Americans to Europe
        440 46 Reuter CHICAGO Bargain air fares and a bargain US dollar exchange rate are tempting Americans to think about April in Paris, US travel industry officials said on Monday. "They ask if it's (European travel) expensive and we say no more
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      1524 35 EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE TO UK-NORTH CONTINENT-SCANDINAVIA WEEKLY F| p GUDANGI PENANG I PKELANGI OCEAN VSL/VOY SIN SQUID RTM (2) HAM I3i GOT 14 > E _5 12 5/2 6,2 BENARTY 3042 9/2 26/2 T/3 E UI2 12/2 13/2 ALSIA 3052 16/2 T3 575 10/3 D 19/2 19/2 20/2 BENAVON 3062
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      660 39 I IS RICHFIELD MARINE AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD I TEL: *****33 (12 Line*) I FAX: *****15/*****03 I [tXjj TELEX: RS ***** RISHIP (3 Lines) I ETHIOPIAN SHIPPING LINES I (National Lines of Ethiopia) I I ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL I I VESSEL IvOY ETA LOADING FOR I I SPORE I
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